IPL teams can trade players next year: Modi
Posted on Jun 08, 2008 at 12:58 | Updated Jun 27, 2008 at 16:00
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"Importantly, though when the second season does materialise in the future it will not be a full-fledged season like the recently concluded inaugural season. It could, for instance, be a knock-out league or a format which we will evolve in due course of time."
Modi also made it clear that IPL was India's domestic event and could not be co-hosted by two countries like India and Pakistan.
"No, the IPL is, as the name suggests, a domestic cricket league, featuring the best of international and Indian talent. It will not be co-hosted in conjunction with any other country.
"I am certain that the success of the league will spawn a whole host of similar leagues around the world. Once that happens, it would be our endeavor to see that top two teams from each of the countries play in the Champions League, along the lines of the one being played in football currently."
On the success of IPL, Modi said it was beyond his expectations.
"To say that the inaugural season of the IPL has exceeded my expectations and those of the BCCI would, to simply put it, be an understatement," Modi said.
"I have been truly overwhelmed by the success of the Indian Premier League. In fact, the global response to the competition has been simply unbelievable, to say the least.
"I had imagined the IPL being huge in terms of spectator interests in India, but what we have achieved and the global interest that a domestic league has generated have been beyond my wildest imagination," he said.
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